> > Nobody else wants to play them.
> > You can play whatever you want, you'll get drowned out in the mix anyway.
> > Nobody cares what the bass guitar is playing.
> > Tune low enough and turn the amp high enough and you can injure small animals.
> > All the best bass parts are played on the synthesizer anyway.
> > The lower you go, the cooler you sound.
> > Go low enough, and dogs start barking in rhythem
> > Buy a fretless bass, and you never have to tune it.
> > Turn the treble way up on your amp, play on the high strings with heavy distortion and wha, and you almost don't sound like a bassist trying to imitate a guitarist.
> > Break a bass string, and you *know* you're a man.
> > Nobody remembers your name.
> > You get to explain to people what that "funny looking four-string guitar" is.
> > Only Paul McCartney could play one of those Beatle-basses and make it sound good.
> > Two words: Cliff Burton
>
> You forgot:
> Groupies like to sit on the bass amps.
>
> Mou"met the bass player from Sugar Ray last month -- woo hoo"sie

The greatest bass player has got to be Michael Anthony from Van Halen. Not because he can play the bass better than anyone, but because of his attitude. Who else can have a guitar made for him in the shape of a Jack Daniel's bottle, or Tabasco sauce. His solos are down right comical. He'll start out with a cool rhythm, then suddenly explode into weird, cheap effects pedals that were designed for guitars. He may throw in a little Hendrix riff, or even Beethoven. During a tour back in '88, he had a guitar rigged so that he could seemingly break it over his head while playing it.
I had the pleasure of meeting him a few years back, and he's a genuine, down-to-earth guy who doesn't take anything too seriously.

Tra "Check out 'Van Halen: Right Here, Right Now' if you don't believe me." nio